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The ethereal sound you'll hear at St. Olaf

This is what I was talking about in my post on music here at the college.

I'm not normally a wind chime guy, but I find this one enchanting.

MPR did a piece on it a while back, and you can read the transcript here, so I won't waste your time here. But it's to honor the memories of Olaf students who have died while attending college.

Just click on the audio below and drift off.

[audio href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=minnesota/news/features/2010/05/20/mntoday_memorial_wind_chimes_20100520_128&starttime=0:0:9&endtime=" title="St. Olaf's memorial wind chimes"]Hear the chimes and their meaning[/audio]